Burun Lore

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Burun are frog-like creatures introduced during the Across the Vast Divide event. They come in three varieties. Ruuk; small Burun that attack with melee weapons and magic, Guruk; giant tusker-like Burun that attack with massive weapons and throw huge muck balls, and Kukuur; the enormous bloated king toads that have powerful magic. They can do all three types of physical damage with their melee weapons and acid with their muck balls. Burun are weak to Cold and Fire.

History

On Bur

Thousands of years ago, the Falatacot made visits to the world of Bur and influenced the direction of this world on a grand scale. They showed favor on a race called the Fiazhat, and the enemies of the Fiazhat -- the Burun -- were driven back and nearly rendered extinct.

Over the long course of time, since the fall of the Falatacot civilization, the Burun have fought to reclaim their world. Their prophecies spoke of a time when the gates between worlds would open again, and they could take their vengeance upon the Fiazhat's gods.

On Dereth

In the Portal Year 15, inquisitive Isparians allowed the Burun into the world by accidentally activating a portal beacon that allowed the Ruuk to come here. The Ruuk, led by the brothers Morgluuk and Torgluuk, quickly formed an alliance with the Renegade Tumeroks and were able to dominate the then newly arriving Guruk. Later the Kukuur, the Burun Kings, arrived in Dereth at the bottoms of Falatacot temples.

When the Burun Ruuk first arrived they took control of an area of the Blackmire Swamp surrounding Ixir Zi's Temple. They later spread to the A'mun Desert outside of Fadsahil al-Tashbi the Master Archmage's shop, which turned out to be a Falatacot temple. The Burun then spread to the Direlands in search of more Falatacot temples.

Today they can be found throughout Dereth, but especially in the swamplands of the Direlands and Dereth. Recent developments have also given Isparians access to underground catacombs on the Burun homeworld of Bur.

Rulers

The Kukuur are enormous monstrosities with mighty powers. Some have lived for thousands of years, and now they seek only vengeance on those who bear the legacy of the Falatacot. They seek their revenge but find no remnants of the Falatcot -- only the Isparians and other races called to Dereth.

Culture

There are three castes of Burun. The Ruuk are a despised caste, the Guruk are warriors and the Kukuur are the ruling caste.

Religions and Beliefs

The Burun believe that their world, its flora and fauna have been created by a being called "The Sleeping One". After several failures, The Sleeping One drew forth life from its heart, from its mind it drew forth intellect and from its body it did carve the world. The muuldu grew first, twisting vines that dug beneath the rock, splitting its veins wide and spilling the water onto the world. Next The Sleeping One rubbed the world with the shuuktuuk. The trees grew tall and canopies of pink with bulbs of ripe fruit covered the world. Next the mucor, placed with care in the places that The Sleeping One would place its first children, and in the mucor The Sleeping One placed the memories of this time, this creation; the time before all there was. The feelun came last and they twisted up from the water, some stretching miles tall, opening in splendid colors to The Sleeping One's watchful eye. The flora grew and spread along the world called Bur until it reached a balance. Then flora gave birth to life of its own: koruu koru, muloo, bomutur, iallootu, hefuu, nirakay, and moar. All life sprung from the first life of the world save the Burun and Fiazhat. Across Bur, the flora had spread and grown a sea of life that was unknowing of The Sleeping One. Its gaze fell upon them and watched at all times, but the life of Bur was unknowing, save for the mucor. But even the mucor knew only what it had seen, and its knowledge was not one that learned, rather it was one that grew without limit, scope or design.

The Sleeping One was still alone and though it had succeeded in bringing life it had failed to create what it had wanted. There were no beings that thought like it, could call to it or ask it for guidance. So it pulled two seeds from the nether and planted each into the soil of the Bur. It watched as the seeds grew into life and began to swim through the muck of the Bur and then leap from the muck to the muloo or walk amongst the iallootu. Brothers born of its flesh, the Fiazhat and the Burun. In the dark Burun huddled together and supped on the fruits of the shuuktuuk, they grew wiry and strong swimming through the muck and feeding on the moar, bomutur and the bomuturs smaller offspring. The Fiazhat spread along the solid ground, hunting moar and feeding from the iallootu.

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